Mutual Funds

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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
The restitution check is in the mail

Janus Capital Management LLC will begin sending out checks to investors Aug. 15 as restitution from its 2004 market-timing settlement.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2008
Newsletter releases ‘Fund Lemon List’

Products of some top fund companies included on Doug Fabian's roster.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
Taking a broad view of 'environmentally friendly'

Demand for "green" investing is growing, studies show, but opinions vary widely on what makes an investment green.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
American to introduce international fund

For the first time in almost a decade, American Funds plans to launch a new equity fund.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
Critics seize upon Vanguard's handling of U.S. Growth Fund

The Vanguard Group Inc.'s handling of its lackluster U.S. Growth Fund threatens to tarnish the company's reputation for putting investors first.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 04, 2008
This ain't your father's index fund

If there is an upside to rising energy prices, it might be the increased awareness among consumers and retail investors of commodities and the effect they can have on the economy.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 28, 2008
Natixis moves to expand retirement business

Natixis Global Associates this week will announce an expansion of its retirement business, including the appointment of Tracey Flaherty, formerly of Bank of America Corp. and Fidelity Investments, to senior vice president of retirement strategy, a new post.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 28, 2008
DWS Investments ties future to branding

In a bid to increase its market share among retail investors in the United States, DWS Investments has pursued a branding strategy and broadened its product line.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUL 28, 2008
Bear market funds maul competition

Bear market funds seek positive returns in down markets, so it isn't surprising that they are mauling the competition and generating plenty of investor attention in the process.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 28, 2008
Advisers consider funds with managed futures access

There aren't many mutual funds that give investors access to managed futures, but the dearth of options isn't stopping some financial advisers from considering them.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 28, 2008
Global-infrastructure fund goes retail

First American Funds Inc. of Minneapolis is hoping to leverage the growing popularity of infrastructure investing by opening its seven-month-old previously institutional-class mutual fund to retail-class investors.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUL 22, 2008
State Street spins new SPDRs

The 10 international-sector SPDR ETFs are use as benchmarks a series of the S&P World ex-U.S. broad market indexes.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUL 21, 2008
New website offers model ETF portfolios

Mr. Weisbrod, president of Weisbrod Financial Services Inc. and Staar Financial Advisors Inc. of Pittsburgh, is launching sfamoney .com next month as part of an effort to provide advisers and retail investors with model ETF portfolios, commentaries and various other planning tools.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 21, 2008
Emerging markets a source of stomachaches for advisers

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ESG JUL 21, 2008
Fund industry lobs proxy counterpunch

Stung by media and union criticism that their proxy votes are in the pockets of corporate management, the mutual fund industry is fighting back.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2008
Pioneer opens two funds countrywide

The funds employ long-term capital growth strategies by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. issuers.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ETFS JUL 14, 2008
ETF to underlie Gulf nations index

The GCC Titans 40 Index measures the performance of 40 stocks traded in five of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 14, 2008
Global funds try go-anywhere style

They are the ultimate go-anywhere funds — global funds that can invest virtually anywhere, regardless of geography — and they are growing in number.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 11, 2008
Loomis to close small-cap value fund

The Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund was launched May 13, 1991, and has $1 billion in assets under management.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 10, 2008
Study: Mutual fund proxy votes back management

Mutual funds voted in favor of management proposals more than 90% of the time in 2007, an ICI study found.

By Bloomberg